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"We invented and developed this new athermal structure specifically for this application, and we expect it to support the next two generations of our wavelength-stabilized laser and EML devices," said Dan Wilt, Director of Components Product Development at TriQuint Optoelectronics.

According to Dan Wilt, product-development director for high-speed long-haul products at Lucent Technologies Microelectronics (Breinigsville, PA), SiGe is best used in digital circuitry.

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"It's a convergence of light-emitter technology and very-high-performance electronics for which InP is the preferred alternative, a convergence from the standpoint of performance and also materials technology," says Dan Wilt of Lucent Technologies Microelectronics (Breinigsville, PA).

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"InP is small enough that you might put it in the package with the laser," says Wilt."That's sort of where we envision the next generation of products might go."

Dan Wilt received his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 1981, on the topics of semiconductor lasers and optoelectronic integration.

From 1981 to 2003 he worked in the Optoelectronics Division of Bell Labs, performing research on communications lasers for both terrestrial and undersea communications applications, where his final position was Development Director for Telecommunications Products.From 2003 to 2005, he was Director of Development for TriQuint Semiconductor'sOptoelectronics Division.

In 2005 he joined the Research Center of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, where he performs research on microelectronic devices, trustworthy computing, and optical networking.

You can find Daniel Wilt in:
Roundtable: Securing the Cloud for the Hawaii Broadband Initiative in South Pacific 2, Sunday 20 January 2013